La Bandera Red Honey Gesha
Red HoneyMedium-LightNorthscore 44
- Origin
- Tarrazú, CR
- Producer
- Diego Hidalgo
- Farm / Co-op
- La Bandera
- Process
- Red Honey
- Altitude
- 1950–1975 m
- Varietals
- geisha
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 340g
- Bag price
- $45.00
- Price / oz
- $3.75/oz
- Brew
- —
As cupped
vanilla bean · peach cobbler · raspberry · bubble gum · hibiscus · guava · red grape sweetness · clove · dark chocolate · grilled lemon · juicy
Price and availability set by the roaster.
Roasts to order · ships in ~1d
Your bag is roasted after you order — expect a short delay before it ships, but it arrives as fresh as the roaster can make it.
“We roast to order and ship Monday-Friday with the exception of holidays.” source ↗
Northscore
Quality score with explicit source coverage. Methodology
44
Limited signal
Confidence45% coverage / 2 of 4 signals
Treat this as a directional read until more source families land. Coverage is signal availability, not cup quality; missing sources are dropped and the remaining weights are renormalized.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review
- 75/ 56% weightSensory averageMean of acidity, body, sweetness, balance, cleanliness
- 0/ 44% weightCommunity sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
Bonuses applied
- +2Roast Magazine Roaster of the YearThis roaster has been recognized as Roaster of the Year by Roast Magazine within the last decade
Base weighted score: 41.7 + bonuses = 44
Sensory profileestimated
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Tasting flight
Taste this against three others Cherry picks.
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Reference · About the varietal & origin
About PT's Coffee Roasting Co.
Community reputation · Reddit
Polarizing
The provided Reddit threads do not contain any mentions, discussions, or reviews of PT's Coffee Roasting Co. Therefore, it is impossible to distill a community sentiment or identify recurring themes regarding this specific roaster from the provided data.
Threads cited (10)
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- r/pourover · 519↑ · Brew Temps Based on Roast Level and Processing VS Roast Profile
- r/pourover · 473↑ · Asian coffee style vs. European acidity (Thoughts after 2 weeks in HK)
- r/espresso · 435↑ · Living room standards be damned!
- r/Coffee · 381↑ · Why do some roasters tell you EVERYTHING you could possibly want to know about a coffee ex
- r/Coffee · 366↑ · Something's wrong...I think I actually love Starbucks coffee
- r/espresso · 320↑ · I’m trying out these vacuum wine stoppers. Curious if anyone else has done this and what y
- r/pourover · 319↑ · Top 50 Coffee Roasters of 2025
- r/pourover · 292↑ · Clean your grinder by end of day and report back when done. Thanks.